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This $300 pizza oven can easily help elevate your summer pizza nights
The Ninja Artisan Outdoor Pizza Oven is aimed at people who want delicious pizza nights without having to deal with things like propane or wood pellets, unlike many other pizza ovens.
TikTok’s road to becoming a super app
TikTok may be working to become the app that people use for most of their digital activities.
Adding Linux support back for the BASIC (free) version of Vivado
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48335442
Points: 12
# Comments: 2
Corporate America Is Starting to Ration AI as Cost Skyrockets
Article URL: https://www.wsj.com/tech/ai/corporate-america-is-starting-to-ration-ai-as-cost-skyrockets-1eb99d7a
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48335388
Points: 13
# Comments: 10
Proposed new US funding rules: We can cancel any grant at any time
Article URL: https://arstechnica.com/science/2026/05/the-office-of-management-and-budget-tries-again-to-cripple-us-science/
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48335135
Points: 107
# Comments: 53
Show HN: Helios – what plug-in solar could generate for any address in Britain
Plug-in solar panels (no electrician needed) have just become legal in the UK and will go on sale soon. Helios estimates how much electricity a typical installation could generate at a given address and what that's worth against your tariff.
It uses UK government LIDAR data to reflect the actual skyline, so it knows whether there's a building or a hill blocking the sun.
Caveats: - Outside LIDAR coverage (most of Scotland and Wales) it falls back to a synthetic horizon (less accurate). - Trees and recent developments (post-2022 or so) may not be in the data, and some address placements could be off (geocoding via OSM).
Feedback on the shading model especially welcome.
Comments URL: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48334949
Points: 23
# Comments: 4
Grifters, cynics, and true believers: The family tree of vaccine opponents
A new book looks into the long history of people who have opposed vaccines.
Keychron K2 HE Concrete Edition Review: Rock-Solid Typing
Keychron's K2 HE Concrete Edition sounds like a cute gimmick, but as I discovered, there's a really solid keyboard beyond the absurd choice of materials.
‘Backrooms’ Takes You Deeper Inside the Internet’s Most Uncanny Horror Myth
Kane Parsons was just 16 years old when he created a viral YouTube horror series based on a 4chan meme. Now he’s ready to conquer the big screen.